# Good weather increases pressure on the wheat exchange

> On March 21, 2017 US wheat futures fell to six-week lows, with CBOT SRW, Kansas HRW and Minneapolis spring wheat all lower. MATIF May milling wheat dropped to a seven-week low as the euro strengthened. Forecasts called for precipitation across most of the US wheat belt within 10 days.

- Date: 2017-03-22 · published 2017-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10729-good-weather-increases-pressure-on-the-wheat-exchange
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Improving weather lowers yield risk for winter crops, and a stronger euro weighs on dollar-denominated European wheat, adding pressure to global wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-25 | [Wheat prices fall amid increased rainfall in the US, Ukraine and Russia, which increases pressure on prices in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25622-wheat-prices-fall-amid-increased-rainfall-in-the-us-ukraine-and-russia-which.md) | -1.9% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-25 | [Increased pressure fundamentals launched down the wheat markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48164-increased-pressure-fundamentals-launched-down-the-wheat-markets.md) | -0.8% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-29 | [Favorable conditions for winter crops, increasing pressure on the prices of new crop wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48163-favorable-conditions-for-winter-crops-increasing-pressure-on-the-prices-of-new.md) | -0.5% | +4.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-29 | [Wheat prices are under pressure from improved weather conditions for the new crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25156-wheat-prices-are-under-pressure-from-improved-weather-conditions-for-the-new.md) | +2.1% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-12 | [Weather having impact on wheat futures, supply \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21894-weather-having-impact-on-wheat-futures-supply-world-grain.md) | +2.1% | +0.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-03-25 | [Wheat prices fall amid increased rainfall in the US, Ukraine and Russia, which increases pressure on prices in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25622-wheat-prices-fall-amid-increased-rainfall-in-the-us-ukraine-and-russia-which.md) | -3.6% | -5.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-03-25 | [Increased pressure fundamentals launched down the wheat markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48164-increased-pressure-fundamentals-launched-down-the-wheat-markets.md) | -0.1% | +15.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-04-29 | [Wheat prices are under pressure from improved weather conditions for the new crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25156-wheat-prices-are-under-pressure-from-improved-weather-conditions-for-the-new.md) | -0.9% | -0.0% |

## Sources

- graintrade.com.ua: https://graintrade.com.ua/en/novosti/garna-pogoda-posilyue-tisk-na-pshenichni-birzhi.html

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